Safe Drive Away Time - Why We Keep Your Car an Extra Hour

Safe Drive Away Time is the amount of time your vehicle needs to be out of service to insure that the urethane adhesive used to bond a new windshield with your car is properly cured. Since your windshield is classified as a safety device, it has to be able to provide the same roof crush protection, crash protection and airbag retention that the manufacturer designed into your car.

Keeping a vehicle out of service until all safety devices are properly repaired is covered under federal law through the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. It is a felony to return a vehicle to service before all safety devices are properly functioning.

Urethanes used for windshield installation have Safe Drive Away Times ranging from 1 hour to 16 hours.

At Louis Auto Glass we use exclusively ASAP Urethane from SIKA Corporation. ASAP Urethane has a Safe Drive Away Time of 1 hour. This gives our customers the most convenience and the highest degree of safety possible.

For more information about Windshield Safety and Safe Drive Away Times, visit our web site at:

www.louisautoglass.com/windshields.html

Hot and Sunny Weather Spreads Those Cracks

Now that the Independence Day Holiday has come and gone, we have the official start of Summer here in the Pacific Northwest. That means sunny days and cooler nights...perfect conditions for those rock chips in your windshield to spread into full-sized cracks. The result - that inexpensive rock chip repair you've been putting off has now become non-repairable and your only choice is a new windshield.

Rock Chip Repairs are fast and easy at all Louis Auto Glass locations. You don't need an appointment and they take about 15 minutes to do, while you wait. If you carry comprehensive insurance on your vehicle, every insurance company except State Farm will pay for the repair at no cost to you.

Stop in today and keep the annoyance of a Rock Chip from becoming an expensive windshield replacement. For more information on Rock Chips and Rock Chip repairs, visit our web site at http://www.louisautoglass.com/rockchips.html